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2020 Atlanta United 2 season

The 2020 Atlanta United 2 season was the team's third year of existence, their third season in the USL which is now rebranded as the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

Atlanta United 2
2020 season
OwnerArthur Blank
PresidentDarren Eales
Head coachStephen Glass (until July 27, 2020)
Tony Annan (July 27, 2020 - December 16, 2020)
Stephen Glass (from December 16, 2020)
StadiumFifth Third Bank Stadium
USL ChampionshipGroup H: 4th
Eastern Conf.: 15th
USL PlayoffsDid not qualify
Top goalscorerJackson Conway &
Amadou Macky Diop (6)
Highest home attendanceLeague/All: 851
Lowest home attendanceLeague/All:
Average home league attendance851
Biggest win5–3
(Sept. 23 vs. NYRB2)
Biggest defeat0–3
(July 24 at Charleston)
← 2019
2021 →

Players

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As of September 24, 2020.[1]
The squad of Atlanta United 2 will be composed of an unrestricted number of first-team players on loan to the reserve team, players signed to ATLUTD2, and Atlanta United Academy players. Academy players who appear in matches with ATLUTD2 will retain their college eligibility.

Player movement

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In

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No. Pos. Age Player Transferred From Type Notes Date Source
7 FW 28   Amadou Macky Diop   Radford University Transfer November 19, 2019 [2]
2 DF 28   Jack Gurr   Georgia Revolution Transfer December 5, 2019 [3]
8 FW 24   Daniel Steedman   University of Virginia Transfer January 8, 2020 [4]
9 FW 27   Phillip Goodrum   UNC Wilimgton Transfer Draft Pick January 13, 2020 [5]
14 MF 29   Baboucarr Njie   NCWC Transfer January 14, 2020 [6]
3 DF 30   Modou Jadama   Portland Timbers Transfer January 22, 2020 [7]
11 FW 28   Lamin Jawneh Unattatched Transfer January 23, 2020 [8]
4 DF 29   Bradley Kamdem   Saint Louis FC Transfer January 24, 2020 [9]
1 GK 28   Ben Lundgaard   Columbus Crew Transfer January 27, 2020 [10]
23 GK 24   Gabriel Rosario   Huddersfield Town Transfer February 7, 2020 [11]
5 MF 24   Abdoulaye Diop   Eastern Florida State College Transfer February 7, 2020 [12]
31 DF 27   Patrick Nielsen   Michigan State University Transfer Draft Pick June 29, 2020 [13]
— FW 22   Erik López   Olimpia Loan July 18, 2020 [14]

Out

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No. Pos. Age Player Transferred To Type Notes Date Source
1 GK 28   Paul Christensen   Greenville Triumph Contract Expired October 21, 2019 [15][16]
2 DF 35   Tyler Ruthven N/A Retired October 21, 2019
3 DF 25   Guillermo Benítez   Plaza Amador Loan return October 21, 2019
4 MF 32   Jack Metcalf   San Diego Loyal Contract Expired October 21, 2019 [15][17]
5 DF 24   Wesly Decas   FC Moravia Loan return October 21, 2019
8 MF 28   Kevin Barajas Free agent Contract Expired October 21, 2019 [15]
11 MF 25   Laurent Kissiedou Free agent Contract Expired October 21, 2019 [15]
16 MF 24   Alessandro Castro   Juticalpa Contract Expired October 21, 2019 [15][18]
24 GK 29   Dylan Castanheira   Fort Lauderdale CF Contract Expired October 21, 2019 [15][19]
29 MF 24   Bienvenue Kanakimana   MFK Vyškov Loan return October 21, 2019
6 MF 27   Laurence Wyke   Atlanta United FC Transfer March 5, 2020 [20]

Academy Leaves

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No. Pos. Age Player College/Club Date
28 DF 22   Garrison Tubbs Wake Forest August 1, 2020
40 DF 22   Brandon Clagette Pittsburgh August 1, 2020
41 DF 21   Jordan Matthews South Carolina August 1, 2020

Competitions

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Exhibitions

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February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16) Preseason 1 Atlanta United 2 0–4 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Marietta, Georgia
1:00 PM EDT Report
Stadium: Atlanta United Training Facility
Note: Three thirty-minute periods

USL Championship

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Main article: 2020 USL Championship season

Standings — Group H

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification
1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 16 10 3 3 25 11 +14 33 2.06 Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
2 Charleston Battery 15 9 3 3 26 15 +11 30 2.00
3 Miami FC 16 4 4 8 20 34 −14 16 1.00
4 Atlanta United 2 16 3 3 10 23 33 −10 12 0.75
Source: USL

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
16 3 3 10 23 33  −10 12 2 2 4 14 16  −2 1 1 6 9 17  −8

Last updated: October 5, 2020.
Source: USL

Results by matchday

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Matchday12345678910111213141516
StadiumHAHAHHAHAAAAHHHA
ResultLLDLWDLLLDLWLLWL
Position3333333333333334
Updated to match(es) played on October 5, 2020. Source: USL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming

March 8, 2020 USLC 1 Atlanta United 2 0–1 Charleston Battery Kennesaw, Georgia
3:30 PM EST Bashti   57' Report Kelly-Rosales   21'
Gdula   40'
Lewis   63' (pen.)		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 851
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
July 11, 2020 USLC 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–1 Atlanta United 2 St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 PM EDT Doherty   52'
Mkosana   61'
Fernandes   87',   90'		 Report Bashti   7'
Conway   11'
Reilly   90+7'		 Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
July 18, 2020 USLC 3 Atlanta United 2 2–2 Memphis 901 Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT Conway   21'
Gannon   57'
Diop   67'
Gurr   78'
Jawneh   90+7'		 Report Doyle   16'
Allen   44'
Hodge   74'
Segbers   90'
Jennings   90+2'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
July 24, 2020 USLC 4 Charleston Battery 3–0 Atlanta United 2 Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
8:00 PM EDT Nembhard   10'
Daley   20'
Rittmeyer   49'
Crawford   55'
Bosua   90+9'		 Report A. Diop   81' Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex
Referee: Izlen Peksenar
July 29, 2020 USLC 5 Atlanta United 2 4–3 Miami FC Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT Conway   15'   69'   69'
Macky Diop   41', 48'
Jadama   57'
Reilly   64'
Bashti   81'
Mejia   87',   90+5'		 Report Thiaw   13'
Velásquez   47'
González   68'
Griffiths   83'
Bah   90+3'
Williams   90+7'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Izlen Peksenar
August 5, 2020 USLC 6 Atlanta United 2 1–1 Charleston Battery Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT Jadama   27'
Gannon   36'
Macky Diop   67'
Goodrum   73'		 Report Paterson   38'
Archer   45'
Kelly-Rosales   86'
Cichero   90+4'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Chris Ruska
August 8, 2020 USLC 7 Birmingham Legion 1–0 Atlanta United 2 Birmingham, Alabama
7:30 PM EDT Crognale   27'
Kasim   45+1'		 Report Jadama   36' Stadium: BBVA Field
Referee: Muhammad Hassan
August 12, 2020 USLC 8 Atlanta United 2 0–2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Kennesaw, Georgia
Goodrum   22'
Macky Diop   90+6'		 Report Lasso   34'
Tejada   81'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Kyle Johnston
August 15, 2020 USLC 9 Charleston Battery 3–2 Atlanta United 2 Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
8:00 PM EDT van Schaik   25'
Cichero   57'
Lewis   59', 90+1'
Archer   90+4'		 Report Macky Diop   6'
Reilly   32'
Morales   51'
Gurr   62'		 Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex
Referee: John Matto
August 19, 2020 USLC 10 Miami FC 2–2 Atlanta United 2 Miami, Florida
7:00 PM Ndam   22'
Williams   24', 45+1'
Saydee   27'		 Report Gurr   18'
Macky Diop   23' (pen.),   75'
Jadama   60'		 Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium
Referee: Natalie Simon
August 22, 2020 USLC 11 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–1 Atlanta United 2 St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 PM Doherty   21'
Murphy   39'
Ekra   45+2'		 Report Macky Diop   37'
Njie   45+1'
Goodrum   90' (pen.)		 Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Referee: Gabriele Giusti
September 2, 2020 USLC 12 Philadelphia Union II 1–2 Atlanta United 2 Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM Rabadán   39'
Jasinski   47'
Craig   67'
Aaronson   90+6'		 Report Macky Diop   45'
Goodrum   53'
Mejia   90+2'		 Stadium: Subaru Park
Referee: Thomas Snyder
September 12, 2020 USLC 13 Atlanta United 2 1–2 Miami FC Kennesaw, Georgia
Macky Diop   21'
Fortune   23'
Conway   90+4'		 Report Williams   20',   68'
González   49'
Pais   73'
Markey   88'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Muhammad Hassan
September 16, 2020 USLC 14 Atlanta United 2 1–2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT Scarlett   55' (o.g.)
Goodrum   61'
Fortune   67'		 Report Lasso   29'
Fernandes   81'
Murphy   82'
Guenzatti   90+5'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
September 23, 2020 USLC 15 Atlanta United 2 5–3 New York Red Bulls II Kennesaw, Georgia
Conway   17',   45+2'
Bashti   20'
Goodrum   29'
Reilly   40'
Morales   43'
Gannon   69'
Mejia   71',   90'		 Report Toure   21'
LaCava   28'
Bounthong   83'
Clark   85'
Kilwien   90'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Joshua Belk
October 4, 2020 USLC 16 Miami FC 3–1 Atlanta United 2 Miami, Florida
7:30 PM EDT Bezecourt   22'
Williams   31' (pen.)
Saydee   50'
Granitto   74'
Velásquez   90',   90+4'
González   90+1'		 Report Edwards   11'
Conway   13'
Reilly   65'
Bashti   70'
Lambe   90+3'		 Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium
Referee: Alex Billeter

Statistics

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Top scorers

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As of October 5, 2020
Place Position Name USLC Playoffs Total
1 FW   Jackson Conway 6 0 6
FW   Amadou Macky Diop 6 0 6
3 MF   David Mejia 3 0 3
4 FW   Phillip Goodrum 2 0 2
5 MF   Amir Bashti 1 0 1
MF   Ajani Fortune 1 0 1
MF   Coleman Gannon 1 0 1
DF   Jack Gurr 1 0 1
DF   Efrain Morales 1 0 1
Own Goals 1 0 1
Total 23 0 23

Appearances and goals

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As of October 5, 2020

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No. Pos Nat Player Total Regular season Playoffs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   USA Ben Lundgaard 13 0 13 0 0 0
2 DF   ENG Jack Gurr 16 1 16 1 0 0
3 DF   GAM Modou Jadama 16 0 16 0 0 0
4 DF   FRA Bradley Kamdem 1 0 1 0 0 0
5 MF   SEN Abdoulaye Diop 10 0 7+3 0 0 0
7 FW   SEN Amadou Macky Diop 12 6 9+3 6 0 0
8 MF   SCO Daniel Steedman 13 0 2+11 0 0 0
9 FW   USA Phillip Goodrum 16 2 14+2 2 0 0
10 MF   USA Amir Bashti 15 1 7+8 1 0 0
11 FW   GAM Lamin Jawneh 11 0 1+10 0 0 0
14 MF   GAM Baboucarr Njie 11 0 7+4 0 0 0
16 MF   USA Will Reilly 15 0 15 0 0 0
21 DF   USA George Bello 1 0 1 0 0 0
23 GK   USA Gabriel Rosario 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 FW   USA Tyler Wolff 1 0 1 0 0 0
26 FW   USA Coleman Gannon 16 1 13+3 1 0 0
27 GK   CHI Vicente Reyes 3 0 3 0 0 0
29 MF   TRI Ajani Fortune 11 1 5+6 1 0 0
30 DF   USA Caleb Wiley 11 0 11 0 0 0
31 DF   DEN Patrick Nielsen 10 0 8+2 0 0 0
33 MF   USA Matthew Edwards 8 0 6+2 0 0 0
34 MF   USA David Mejia 10 3 1+9 3 0 0
35 DF   USA Efrain Morales 4 1 2+2 1 0 0
36 FW   USA Jackson Conway 10 6 8+2 6 0 0
39 MF   USA Brendan Lambe 3 0 1+2 0 0 0
Players who have played for Atlanta United 2 this season but have left the club:
13 FW   USA JJ Williams 1 0 1 0 0 0
22 FW   BRA Luiz Fernando 1 0 1 0 0 0
28 DF   USA Garrison Tubbs 6 0 6 0 0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Players". USL. Archived from the original on May 18, 2018. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Amadou Macky Diop". ATLUTD. November 19, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  3. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Jack Gurr". ATLUTD. December 5, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  4. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Jack Gurr". DSS. January 9, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  5. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Phillip Goodrum". January 13, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  6. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Baboucarr Njie". ATLUTD. January 14, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  7. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Modou Jadama". ATLUTD. January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  8. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Lamin Jawneh". ATLUTD. January 23, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  9. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Bradley Kamdem". January 24, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  10. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Ben Lundgaard". January 27, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  11. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Gabriel Rosario". February 7, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  12. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Abdoulaye Diop". February 26, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  13. ^ "Atlanta United 2 Signs Patrick Nielsen". June 29, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  14. ^ "Atlanta United 2 Signs Erik Lopez". July 19, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  15. ^ a b c d e f "ATLUTD2 accounces 2020 roster moves". ATLUTD. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  16. ^ "TRIUMPH ADD FORMER ATLANTA UNITED KEEPER". GreenvilleTriumph. February 4, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  17. ^ "San Diego signs Metcalf". USLC. February 10, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  18. ^ "Juticalpa signs Castro". Diez. February 1, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  19. ^ "Fort Lauderdale CF Names Jason Kreis as Head Coach; Announces Full Technical Staff and Roster". InterMiami. February 15, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  20. ^ "Atlanta United signs Laurence Wyke". DirtySouthSoccer. March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
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